Po Mask (The Beautiful Woman)

CultureChokwe peoples

Date19th century

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 6 × 4 inches (44.45 × 15.24 × 10.16 cm)

Credit LineW. Howard Adams Fund

Object numberF63-18

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Mathias Komor, New York, NY, stock no. H356, by 1963 [1];

Purchased from Mathias Komor by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1963.

NOTES:

[1] Komor's label is attached to the back of the mask.

Published References

Warren M. Robbins, African Art in American Collections (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966), 225, (repro).

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